A Trip to Redstone Liquors

Recently we took a trip to Redstone Liquors which over the past year has transformed into one of the areas better Beer Stores , actually one the best Beer Stores. We have witnessed Redstone changing from a store with a small but solid beer selection to a store with a beer selection that is awe-inspiring having over 1200 beers on the shelves. This change has occured at the hands of Kamal who seems to add a new section to the beer every time we go there. They have gone from Bud/Miller/Coors to having a great range of breweries. Big craft brewers like Dogfish Head, Stone, Founders, 21st Ammendment, GreatDivide, Lagunitas, Avery, Sam Adams, Southern Tier and Ommegang. To local like Allagash, Smuttynose, Seadog, Ipswich, and Harpoon. Also having harder to find brewries such as Nebraska Brewing, Schlafly, The Lost Abbey, The Bruery, and Hopping Frog. They even have the small/new guys Element, Blue Hills, White Birch, High and Mighty, Cody and Notch Session. To round out the beer world they have many foreign breweries Brew Dog, Mikkeler, Nøgne-Ø, Weihenstephaner, Chimay, Aecht Schlenkerla and many more.
Kamal has strengthened the beer section through other means also. He has used "social media" (Twitter , Facebook) to make announcements of events, tastings and product arrivals. He has several small tastings (usually on Fridays) and 2 Grand Tastings a year. He has a brewey of the month that gets its own display (seen in above photos) . In addition to increasing the number of beers they have Kamal has brought a level of customer service that is not seen in many stores, being available for questions from "Do you stock this?" to "What color cap does this vintage have?" (Ya I really asked that once). He is also happy to reserve a beer for you till you can stop in and has a very intimate knowledge of his inventory. If you have not yet been to Redstone yet take a second look at the pictures and that should be enough to make you want to go. Check them out it is worth the trip.
Redstone Liquors
109 Main Street
Stoneham, MA 02180
Redstone Plaza
781-438-9265
There are several good beer stores out there we, frequent Redstone, Andover Liquors and venture down to Julios as well. We need to go to Craft Beer Cellar and Beaconhill Wine. Is there another gem we are missing? Do you have a favorite? Please respond and spread the good beer word.

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